WWDC is next week, and this year it will be an online experience for obvious reasons. That has not stopped our wonderful community to creatively come together and maintain some of the annual traditions. I am really excited that this week has already kicked off with two such efforts that Tempo is part of.
We opened up sign up for WWDC Virtual 5K yesterday, and today the indie community launched the Indie Sticker Pack! ❤️
You can learn all about the virtual 5K here and here. What I want to highlight in this post is the concerted effort that started from a simple tweet and brought the indie community together to create this epic sticker pack.
The initial inspiration came from Becky Hansmeyer’s tweet and it instantly caught many indie developers’ attention.
Sam Henri Gold and Nathan Lawrence quickly brought us all together on slack.
This was less than a month ago, late on May 22, and everyone was quick to get their icons ready within a couple of days for Sam to get going.
Sam owned and facilitated all the big moving parts, with so many details,
Logistics around what it would take to put 100s of stickers, from 90+ developers, into a package, and ship them around the world. This is challenging at so many different levels — cost of shipping, cost of printing, best color profiles to use for printing vs digital copies, size of icons to fit everything into a reasonable package, accommodate different icons, layout, and on and on.
Get a website up and running for everyone to be able to place orders.
I am just amazed by everything that was done in such a short span.
The same stickers (plus some more 😃) are also available as an iMessage sticker pack. This was made possible with George and Gianpiero’s help.
To take the inspiration further, Charlie Chapman made an amazing video that I have watched over a dozen times. 🤩
It’s an epic book of indie delight 😍
These stickers are beautiful. I still haven't ordered mine, because I can't settle on how many 🙃. But they are gorgeous, I love the sheets format. When you order, you won’t get one, two, but 10 sheets of awesomeness!!!
This is rare, and I want to preserve it as the legacy of the indie community during a critical year of our lives. It’s a byproduct of the creative collaboration of a bunch of independent developers. Most of us work solo, on our own, or in very small teams. It was inspiring to witness all the artists go at it together, moving at a blazing pace. And none of it would be possible without Sam!
2 Worthy Causes ❤️
If I may, let me just say one more thing — it is only $12.99 for the entire package, and all your money goes towards two great causes,
I feel really honored and proud to be part of such a creative, compassionate, and wonderful community. And I hope you will join us by buying a few of these sticker packs.